Word: wanted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When one group of students aged 14 to 16 were asked what they would like to do, the majority gave answers like this: "Want to be a strato-navigator"; "Want to conquer the Arctic"; "Would like to build a special radio station to contact Mars . . . want to fly there...
...done something to their faith in themselves." If the U.S. should ever adopt the same kind of a scheme, "we must be prepared to accept the same increases in taxes and government controls. But of much greater significance is the depressing effect upon the spirit of the people. Britons want security, but we do not think they have found it . . . To the extent that any man accepts the doctrine that the State alone can bring him security and happiness, he will lose faith in himself...
...Professor Huxley's long article consists of quotations from Soviet official scientific bodies and officially approved scientists. They clearly show that Soviet scientists are no longer free to seek for truth; they must seek for "truth" which pleases the Communist hierarchy. Lysenko himself said to Huxley: "If you want to get a particular result, you will...
...fought and died. It represents their hope for a world free from war, pestilence and fear." Last week, all further work on the statue was temporarily stopped. If public opinion insisted, Editor Seltzer was prepared to edit the statue. Said he: "We don't want to impose anything on the people they don't want...
...want that wheelbarrow back...